Port Operations
Italy’s Tarros includes Marseille port in GPS cargo service
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 30, 2019 – Italian integrated logistics company Tarros SpA plans to include Marseille port in its GPS service,...
MSC to build Portugal’s largest dry port
Lousado, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 30, 2019 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to build Portugal’s largest dry port through Medway,...
Andalusia ports cruise traffic rises 3.1% in 2018
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2019 – A total of 994,170 cruise passengers arrived at Andalusian ports aboard 779 ships in 2018, which represents...
Ceramics generate 37% of Castellón port’s total traffic
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2019 – Ceramic products generated 37% of the total traffic of Castellón port in 2018, up 8.3%, the president of...
Alicante port handles over 100,000 cruise passengers in 2018
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2019 – Alicante port has closed 2018 with more than 100,000 cruise passengers arriving in a total of 54 ships,...
Greek, Russian governments discuss cooperation in port sector
Saint Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) January 30, 2019 – A meeting of the Russian-Greek Mixed Maritime Commission has been held in St. Petersburg, January...
Santander port to present action plan in case of hard Brexit
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2019 – Santander port’s administration does not have the required capacity to deal with an emergency...
“French Smart Port in Med” launches website
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – A new website has been launched to promote “The French Smart Port in Med”. The French...
Constanta port faces further customs checks
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – Romania’s National Agency for Fiscal Administration (ANAF) has launched the...
Suez Canal recovers cost for new Suez Canal project
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – Suez Canal Authority has recovered the EGY 20 billion (€992 million/$1.1 billion) cost for the construction...
Las Palmas port to launch electronic notification of settlements system in February
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – Las Palmas port plans to launch in February an electronic notification of settlements,...
Sète port attracts €300 million investment since 2007
Sète, France (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – The Occitanie Region, Port Sud de France and private partners have invested a total of €300...
Italy’s GNV names new finance director
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – Italian shipping company Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) has appointed Pietro Di Maio as financial director. Di...
DIV and Fincantieri confirm joint interest in Uljanik shipyard
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri SpA and Croatia’s DIV Group have submitted a joint letter of...
Ecoslops and Suez Canal Economic Zone to set up unit for treatment unit of maritime oil waste in Port Said
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – Ecoslops and Suez Canal Economic Zone have signed an agreement towards setting up a collection,...
Rail freight traffic drives Trieste port’s growth in 2018
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – Trieste port was the largest Italian harbour in terms of cargo traffic in 2018, backed by the rail freight...
Re-launch of Genoa port with over €1 billion in investment
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – An extraordinary investment plan of €1.61 billion ($1.84 billion) has been announced to fund the...
France announces €50m planned investment in ports and airports to prepare for no-deal Brexit
Paris, France (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – Last week, Édouard Philippe, the French prime minister, has announced a €50 million investment to...
Christine Cabau-Woehrel to rejoin CMA CGM
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – The French shipping group CMA CGM Group has announced that Christine Cabau-Woehrel, Présidente du...
Swiss CEVA’s board rejects takeover bid by CMA CGM
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – Swiss CEVA Logistics has recommended shareholders not accept a SwFr 30 ($30.24) per share tender offer...